Sports Columns
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Packers' Rodgers must be licking his chops for Bears' DNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - How many quarterbacks have to light up the Bears' defense like a Roman candle before someone realizes there is a problem? During Monday's news conference, coach Lovie Sm...
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Weber says yes, and the Wauconda whirlwind beginsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Jaime Weber said yes. Twice. Her 2008 has been busy and exciting, and it's not over. After agreeing to replace Tim Bartusch as head coach of Wauconda's girls basketball ...
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Wirtz: Hiring Savard was unfair to himNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Rocky Wirtz knows the Blackhawks did wrong by Denis Savard. But not when they fired him last month. "We put him in tough spot, and we did that two years ago,'' the Hawks...
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Husidic honored as Horizon League Player of the YearNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Baggio bagged the big one. The University of Illinois Chicago dominated Horizon League soccer awards, and the top prize went to a Libertyville High School product. Junio...
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Three reasons to cheer for this state tournamentNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - As we continue with a three- and four-class system in Illinois high school sports, stories like this one are bound to become more abundant. But for this year, and this c...
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Bad Rex not worst of Bears in this defeatNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The simple answer is, yes, the Bears would have won Sunday had Kyle Orton been able to play. But, no, you can't put the Bears' loss to Tennessee all on Rex Grossman, and...
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Reasons why it's difficult to like this teamNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The Bears remind me of something once said about the Cubs. "I love them," it went, "but I don't like them right now." That's what I have been hearing from Bears fans mos...
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Quarterbacks Tolzien, Schell play in same Big Ten gameNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Consider the odds. Two former Mid-Suburban League quarterbacks tooks snaps and completed passes in the same Big Ten football game Saturday. Scott Tolzien (Fremd) of Wisc...
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Gordon and Rose should work well together, but not as startersNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Following the Bulls' loss to Cleveland on Saturday, Ben Gordon suggested he and rookie Derrick Rose should take time to get to know each other better. Nothing wrong with...
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Hawks' Brouwer gets new life under new coachNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - When a team has 14 out of a possible 18 points under a new coach, it would be an understatement to say the entire club has welcomed the change. But no one has benefited ...